ropes (in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of rope (in)
as in leads on

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  1. leads on
  2. persuades
  3. snows
  4. betrays
  5. lures
  6. seduces
  7. baits
  8. traps
Verb
  • Canada leads on stability and institutional quality, but has historically trailed peers on labor productivity, business scaling and domestic market size.
    — Control Risks, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Egypt leads on the scoreboard, however, and is 45 minutes away from its first win ever at the World Cup.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Definition of leads on
Verb
  • Despite the warning, Max persuades both the guide and the rest of the group to choose the red path instead.
    — Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 29 July 2026
  • The open question is whether Wednesday’s beat and share price jump is just a blip, or the catalyst that persuades investors to give the stock a more durable re-rating.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Definition of persuades
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  • This is fairly normal for March and April snows there, Hurley says.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Immaculate snows that fall over a table go on falling anecdotally forever.
    — Hua Xi, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of snows
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  • Daeron betrays Ormund after being officially knighted by him earlier in the episode, and the two never get a proper goodbye.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • People don’t do what they’re supposed to, or someone betrays someone else for money or power or spite, or maybe a dragon just disobeys its rider and decides to murder a prince.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of betrays
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  • An unusual black box near the American Museum of Natural History’s (AMNH) iconic blue whale lures unsuspecting visitors to one of the museum’s most dramatic displays.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Most insidiously, line culture lures its practitioners into a false sense of democracy.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of lures
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  • This is not the beautiful creature who seduces Odysseus in the poem.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In the video, then-23-year-old Gugino plays a young woman who, after her rock star boyfriend cheats on her with her best friend, seduces an artist painting her portrait.
    — Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Definition of seduces
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  • Specialty carp baits and tackle drive a large portion of the European recreational fishing industries sales.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Officials will continue to investigate the area for further evidence of poison bait, and also stressed the importance of the community's cooperation to discourage and prevent the use of poison baits against wildlife.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of baits
Verb
  • This approach traps companies in incremental optimization, which is building a better version of what already exists instead of building genuinely new things that customers could not have asked for yet.
    — Nataliya Andreychuk, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The cave was used to film scenes with Polyphemus, the Cyclops who traps Odysseus and his crew in his cave before devouring several of the men.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of traps
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“Ropes (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ropes%20%28in%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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